Due to current social-distancing restrictions necessitated by COVID-19, the 2020 Science & Research Breakfast Seminar Series will be presented by live stream until further notice.
The Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer invites you to the 2020 Science & Research Breakfast Seminar Series.
The 2020 calendar may be viewed here.
The Science & Research Breakfast Seminar Series showcases excellence in research and development, which is generating economic, environmental, social and technological benefits for New South Wales. The seven-event series will again feature some of the State’s best and brightest, and highlight its tremendous research strength across a diverse range of disciplines.
For more information, please call the Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer on (02) 9338 6817.
2020 Science & Research Breakfast Seminar Series
Wednesday 2 December 2020
Distinguished Professor Antoine van Oijen
University of Wollongong
Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance, from Molecule to Community
Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria and other micro-organisms become resistant to antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics. The alarming reduction in effectiveness of antibiotics, caused by evolutionary changes in bacterial populations under pressure from antibiotic overuse, makes the treatment of infections difficult, costly or even impossible.
The future impact of superbugs worldwide on human health is still largely unknown but is projected to eclipse the health burden caused by cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
Distinguished Professor Antoine van Oijen and his research group develop molecular imaging approaches to understand how bacteria evolve resistance and use this knowledge to develop new drugs and diagnostics.
In parallel with Antoine’s efforts to understand antimicrobial resistance at the level of molecules and cells, he has also established population health programs to track how superbugs travel through the community and our hospital system.
Join Antoine as he explains how such a molecule-to-society approach can help us in the understanding of disease mechanisms.
About the Speaker
Distinguished Professor Antoine van Oijen
ARC Laureate Fellow and Director of Molecular Horizons, School of Chemical and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong
Antoine led research groups at Harvard Medical School and Groningen University in the Netherlands, before moving to the University of Wollongong in 2015 as an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow.
Antoine’s research revolves around the development and use of single-molecule biophysical tools to study complex biological systems. At the University of Wollongong, he is spearheading the establishment of Molecular Horizons, an $80 million investment in a new molecular life sciences research institute.
With Molecular Horizons, Antoine aims to create a research ecosystem that brings together scientists from biology, chemistry, physics and medicine to use molecular visualisation approaches as a key driver for medical discovery.
In addition to his ARC Fellowship, Antoine has received prestigious fellowships from the US National Science Foundation, the European Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council.
This year, Antoine won the NSW Premier’s Prize for Science & Engineering for Excellence in Medical Biological Sciences.
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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Distinguished Professor Dayong Jin
University of Technology Sydney
Harnessing Nanophotonics for the Early Detection of Coronavirus
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Wednesday 19 August 2020
Senior Professor Ross Bradstock
University of Wollongong
The Science of Bushfire Risk
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Wednesday 1 July 2020
Professor Liz Pellicano
Macquarie University
Knowing Autism
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Wednesday 20 May 2020
Professor Dietmar Müller
The University of Sydney
The Future of Geoscience in Australia
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Wednesday 26 February 2020
2019 NSW Scientist of the Year
Scientia Professor Rose Amal AC
UNSW Sydney
Harnessing Solar Energy To Power Our Planet
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2019
Tuesday 3 December 2019
Professor Geordie Williamson
Director of the Mathematical Research Institute
The University of Sydney
Light, Sound and the Magic of the Fourier Transform
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Wednesday 16 October 2019
Liesl Yearsley
CEO and Co-Founder, a·kin
The Co-Evolution of AI and Humanity
Tuesday 13 August 2019
Dr Cathy Foley
CSIRO Chief Scientist
Future Science 2040
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Wednesday 19 June 2019
Professor Maria Kavallaris
Children's Cancer Institute and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, UNSW Sydney
How Nanomedicine is Changing Cancer Treatment
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Tuesday 30 April 2019
Professor Michael J. Biercuk
The University of Sydney and Q-CTRL
Building the Quantum Economy
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Wednesday 27 February 2019
2018 NSW Scientist of the Year
Laureate Professor Nick Talley AC
The University of Newcastle
Uncovering the Secrets of Serious Gut Disorders
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2018
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Dr Pasi Sahlberg
Gonski Institute for Education, UNSW Sydney
Finnish Lessons: Increasing Equity and Opportunity in
Australia's Education System Through Research
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Wednesday 10 October 2018
Associate Professor Muireann Irish
School of Psychology, the University of Sydney
Memory in Dementia - Past, Present and Future
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Wednesday 15 August 2018
Professor David Currow
Chief Cancer Officer, NSW and Chief Executive Officer,
Cancer Institute NSW
How Cancer Outcomes Can Continue to Improve
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Wednesday 6 June 2018
Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla
Director of UNSW Sydney's Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT)
Green Microfactories: Products from Waste
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Wednesday 9 May 2018
Professor Justin Gooding
Scientia Professor in the School of Chemistry at
UNSW Sydney and founding co-director of the
Australian Centre for NanoMedicine
How Sensors are Changing Our World
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Wednesday 21 February 2018
2017 NSW Scientist of the Year
Professor Gordon Wallace AO
University of Wollongong
3D Printing, Bioprinters and Clinical Application
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2017
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Distinguised Professor Lesley Hughes
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity and Development) and Professor of Biology at Macquarie University
Climate Change Frustration:
What Role the Public Scientist?
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Wednesday 8 November 2017
Dr Peter Svensson
Vinnova - Sweden's Innovation Agency
Openness and Innovation:
Possibilities for New South Wales
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Wednesday 18 October 2017
Professor Richard Roberts
Director of the new ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage at the University of Wollongong
Our Story: The Epic Human and Environmental History of Australia
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Wednesday 9 August 2017
Professor Louise Baur AM
The University of Sydney
Tackling Childhood Obesity:
From the Clinic to Global Policy
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Wednesday 28 June 2017
2016 NSW Scientist of the Year
Rick Shine AM, Professor in Evolutionary Biology at
The University of Sydney
Winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
Conversation in Cold Blood:
Researching Reptiles
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Wednesday 5 April 2017
Mr Nick Kaye
CEO, Sydney School of Entrepreneurship
An Ecosystem, Satellites and a Stage:
Setting up Sydney’s School of Entrepreneurship
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Wednesday 1 February 2017
